Hi,
I think your page is really
great, with lots of interesting
facts. I am currently taking
a psychology of women course,
and am looking for information
on the effects of teenage girl
magazines on young women and
how the articles and titles
of the articles relate and help
to wrongly teach young women
of the stereotypes in our society.
I was wondering if you knew
if there were any studies done
on teenage girl magazines and
their affects on young women
and adolescents? Any ideas that
you may have to help me find
some information on that topic
would be greatly appreciated..
Thank you, Tanya

To
learn more about the effects
of girls magazines, I suggest
you contact a couple of organizations
that have done research in this
area - or in similar areas.

Also, a great book on this subject
is Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth.
(Also Joan Brumberg's book "The
Body Project" deals with similar
issues.) There was also a great
article by Anastasia Higginbotham
in Ms. Magazine on this topic.
(You can reach Ms. at: [email protected]).
There are also postive examples
of girls magazines such as New
Moon Publications and HUES magazine
(find links to their web sites
in our
Magazines/Newsletters section).

Because these are "alternatives"
to the more mainstream publications,
they are likely to have articles
on the effects of other magazines.